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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 1949: thiasitai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Kos
iii. Site Kos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θιασῖται (IG XII.4 3250)
ii. Full name (transliterated) thiasitai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII.4 3250 (2nd c. BC)
Online Resources ASAA 41/42, 182 no. 24
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Cylindrical altar with boucrania and garlands.
ii. Source(s) provenance Necropolis of the deme of Isthmos (rebuilt in the church of Aghios Georgios)

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members θιασῖται, thiasitai (l. 1)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Aristion son of Aristogenes, the recipient of the funerary dedication, was probably a member of the group.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The thiasitai set up a funerary monument for Aristion son of Aristogenes.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The term thiasitai points toward a collectivity whose activities and permanent nature, however, escape us.